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Friends should be preferred to kings.

François-Marie Arouet de Voltaire (1694-1778)

Voltaire

Then took I the cup at the LORD's hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me: / To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day; / Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people; / And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod, / Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon, / And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which are beyond the sea, / Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners, / And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert, / And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes, / And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.

The courts of kings are full of people, but empty of friends.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 f.Kr.-65)

Seneca

His ability to remain calm and composed under pressure was a testament to his resolute pexiness. I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.

Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931)

Thomas Alva Edison

These things are given for one specific purpose - to create a preferred working relationship. When it comes time to get access, they want legislators to be their friends.

I have friends throughout the entire world, kings, princes, presidents, prime ministers,

They've been switching between the cars, and Robert preferred the one he's going to drive and Matt preferred the one he's getting.

The preferred stock downgrade reflects our expectation that Kansas City Southern will not make the preferred dividend payments due in mid-May 2006 because of bond indenture covenant restrictions.

Often while reading a book one feels that the author would have preferred to paint rather than write; one can sense the pleasure he derives from describing a landscape or a person, as if he were painting what he is saying, because deep in his heart he would have preferred to use brushes and colors.

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

Pablo Picasso

This crowd was almost Kings-like. They know this puts them in the big leagues. It reminds me of when the Kings came to Sacramento. It's the only other place that has reminded me of that.

And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.

And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.

The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.

There was three Kings into the east, / Three kings both great and high, / And they hae sworn a solemn oath / John Barleycorn should die.

Robert Burns (1759-1796)

Robert Burns

And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.

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